Released in 1983 in the U.S.A. , Young Tyrone: A Melodrama is a collection of four cut-up prose poems outlining the adventures of Young Tyrone, who is, according to reviewer Thomas Wiloch, "some sort of research scientists attempting to decipher the meaning of his environment". Wiloch adds, "But that description fits us all, doesn't it?". Jessica Salmonson creates a strange world of kiwis, tumors and lemurs for Young Tyrone to have his adventures in.